Swing-bed for use on board ship.



PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906.

c. sloULAs. SWING BBD FOR'USE 0N BOARD SHIP.

APPLIOATION FILED TBB. 29. 1904.

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.To all rchom t may cori/cern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHE SoULAs,

of Jerusalem, Wanganui, in the Provincial District of Wellington, in the Colony of New 5 Zealand, have invented'a new and useful Swing-Bed for Use on Board Ship, of which the following is a specication.

The object of this invention is the prevention of sea-sickness, and according hereto a bed or the like for use upon board ship is carried upon a frame sup orted by trunnions in an outer frame, whlc in turn is mounted upon trunnions in a fixed support. A balance-weight is iixed beneath the inner frame and near to what is the center of gravity of the bed when a person isupon it, the eect being to maintain thebed in a horizontal position and to minimize the eHect of the rolling and pitching ofthe vessel upon the occupant of the bed.

I will now more particularly describe my invention by the ald of the accompanying drawings, whereinl Figure 1 isa front perspective elevation; Fig. 2, a lan; and Fig. 3, a vertical section on A A, 15gg. 2. Fig.4 is a side perspective elevation of a hood-screen.

The rectangular frame 1, which is preferably made of metal tubes, carries thewebbing 2, which is strainedover the frame and supports a mattress 3. A balance-weight 4 is secured to the frame 1 by the stay-tubes 5, which connect the rod 6, upon which the balance-wei ht is iiXed, with the ends and sides of the amen lThe frame has trunnions comprising spindles 7, one upon each side, which are journaled in bearings 8,A carried by a frame 9. v Frame 9, which surrounds frame 1, is also preferably made of metal tubes and has trunnions comprising spindles 10, one upon each side, projecting at right angles to andinthe same plane as the spindles 7 uponv the inner frame. Thespindles 10 are journaled in bearings 11, carriedupon the iiXed supports 12. The ends of the spindles 7 and 10 are screw-threaded and each has a wingnut 11, which may be screwed up against a spring 13, threaded upon the spindle and bearing against a washer 14, in contact with the lface of the bearing through which the spindle passes, the turning of the spindles in t -eir bearings being thereby adjusted,I so that the bed may not oscillate too freely.

To prevent movement of articles in the shi being observed by an'occupant of the vbed lI provide a screen orscreens, which are carried by the inner frame referred to. These screens are constructed vof slats after the manner of aVenetian blind, and they may be drawn up as desired. Referring to the drawings, the vertical pillars 15, 16, 17, and 18 proj ectA upwardly, one from each corner of ltheframe 1, and are connected at their upper ends by tubes, forming a rectangular frame 19. A plurality of slats 20, carried in ordinary Venetian-blind tapes 21, are supported from the frame 19, so as to inclose three sides of the bed. Wires 22, strained between the frame 1 and the frame 19, are threaded through holes 28 in the slats 20 to hold them steady. The slats are drawn up by cords23,

which pass over pulleys 24, and are threaded.

In.a modification, which is illustrated in Fig. J4, the screen is made in the form of a semicircular adjustable hood, theghood being pivo'tally attached to the frame upon each side of the bed and formed of a plurality of independent slats 26, the one overlap 'ing thegother. The slats are used to provi e a free passage of air for ventilating urposes.

To revent the possibility of tlie fhan'd or foot o a sleeper being caught between frames 1 and 9, l boX in the frame 1 by the wooden sides27.,

Ifdesired, a second bed may be arranged beneath the irst, the upper bed being su ported, as described, in frames 1 within'tle,

other, and the balance-weight being connected to the lower bed. Y vHaving now-particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,'I declare that what I claim is The combination in a swing-bed, of an in-` ner'frame, means for supporting a mattress thereon, and trunnions upon the sides of the frame, with an outer frame, bearings in the outer frame to receive' the trunnions of the inner frame, friction-springs upon thel trunnions, wing-nuts upon threadedl extremities of the trunnions for compressing the frictionsprings, trunnions upon the ends of the outer frame, iixed'standards with bearingsfor receiving the said trunnions,`friction-lspringvs upon the said trunnions, Wing nuts upon of slats supported by said rectangular frame threaded extremities of the trunnions `for and means for raising and lowering said ro compressng the friction-springs, stay-tubes screens7 as set forth.

connecte to the inner frame and converging to the center thereof, a balance-Weight de- CHRISTOPHE SOULAS' pending from the stay-tubes, pillars extend- Witnesses:

ing vertically from the inner frame, a rectan- H. F. TILLEY, gular frame carried thereby, screens composed R. G. MONEY. 

